diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 9adde04e5c76..fb7a56c1fe3d 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 /nixos/lib/make-disk-image.nix                 @raitobezarius
 
 # Nix, the package manager
-pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/                    @raitobezarius
-nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix  @raitobezarius
+pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/                    @raitobezarius @ma27
+nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix  @raitobezarius @ma27
 
 # Nixpkgs documentation
 /maintainers/scripts/db-to-md.sh @jtojnar @ryantm
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
index 670e2282aa20..f53adfa8a085 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , hash ? null
 , src ? fetchFromGitHub { owner = "NixOS"; repo = "nix"; rev = version; inherit hash; }
 , patches ? [ ]
-, maintainers ? with lib.maintainers; [ eelco lovesegfault artturin ]
+, maintainers ? with lib.maintainers; [ eelco lovesegfault artturin ma27 ]
 }@args:
 assert (hash == null) -> (src != null);
 let